Improvement in whips



A. SC'HARFF WHIP.

No. 187,916. Patented Feb. 27, 1877.

NPEI'ERS, PHOTO-LITHDGRAFHER, WASHINGTbfl. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

ANTHONY SOHARFF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,9l6, dated February27, 1877 application filed January 22, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY SGHARFF, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Whips, of which the followingis a specification:

The object of my invention is to make a cheap whip, which shall be moreelastic and less liable to break than ordinary whips having cores ofwhalebone.

The figure in the accompanying drawing represents the improved mode ofmanufacturing whips.

In carrying out my invention, I first select a stalk of rattan, andreduce it to a tapering form, the length and thickness and taper of therattan being determined by the character of the whip, of .which it is toform the core.

The next operation is to render this tapering core A pliable by theapplication of oil, ordinary linseed-oil ,which has been once boiled,being preferred. The silicious coating of the rattan having been removedby the first operation of reducing it to a proper tapering form, it isso absorbent that the oil, which may be applied by an ordinary brush,soon penetrates through it. i

In about twentyfour hours after the application of the oil the rattanwill be ready for the next operation, which consists in coating it withpitch so tempered that it will retain its adhesive property. Shoemakerswax is a good composition for the purpose, the wax being simply rubbedagainst the oiled rattan until the latter has received a thin coating.

The next operation is the application of rawhide for imparting toughnessand elasticity to the core. This may be best accomplished by coiling astrip, B, of rawhide previously rendered pliable by soaking in waterround the waxed core. As the hide becomes dry it shrinks and tightlyembraces the core, with which a complete junction is etfected throughthe medium of the intervening wax. When the rawhide cover is dry itshould be properly trimmed by rubbing with sand-paper or by grinding,filing, or otherwise, after which the surface should be renderedwater-proof, for it is essential to the integrity of the whip that nomoisture should gain access to the rawhide, the waterproofing of whichmay be effected by the application of a coat of ordinary oilpaint, orvarnish, or waterproofing cement. After this the whip may be completedby braiding or otherwise covering the waterproofed rawhide.

A whip thus produced is much more elastic and less liable to break thanone having a core of whalebone, which is much more expensive thanrattan.

I claim as my invention- 1. The mode herein described of manufacturingwhips-that is to say, the coating of a core of oiled rattan, withtempered pitch or shoemakers wax, then covering the waxed core withrawhide, and finally waterproofing the latter, all substantially as setforth.

2. As an improved manufacture, a whip composed of a core of oiled rattanwith a coating of tempered pitch or shoemakers wax and a cover ofwatcrproofed rawhide, all as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTHONY SGHARFF.

Witnesses:

HERMANN Monssnnn, HARRY SMITH.

